Airbrushler

i emailed Matomart asked about when they will have more Shermans and the New KingTiger
but i was surprised to get this in reply

Thank you for your email. We will receive the Mato Sherman, New henglong Kingtiger tank and New Mato Full Metal Tiger tank Early September

YHR

Looks like Mato will be getting more of my money KT, Tiger Metal top half and these.

Metal Sherman tracks with Duckbills

karel47

do you have the article number of these duckbill tracks , thanks in advance

Panther F

OH Goodie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOW I can build a proper M36B1!!!!!!!!! He he!

Man, those look nice!!!

(I think Panther G will be most happy now)


- Jeff

Panther F

I did a little research and there were many types (at least five) of the duckbill.

http://web.inter.nl.net/users/spoels...k_vvss_con.htm


- Jeff

YHR

As soon as I find out more I will let you know. Availability is supposed to be just around the corner.

Not exactly sure these are the duckbills Panther G wanted, but they are duckbills.!!!!!!!


I wonder if the will just make the extenders available. Looks like you could add them to any style of Sherman track.

karel47

no look good there is a broad gap on one site were you can mounted the duckbill pieces on look very study on the pic would be a nice addition

its rare mato make nice thing like the VVVS and the duckbills for the M10 and sherman and failed to present a good Tiger I in metal, the upgrades are realy neat ... but yeah ...

hulu

I don't care the metal Tiger.
I only hope they can improve their Sherman.

bhop73

Kind of annoying how every link of those metal tracks have a giant 'mato' stamped on it... kinda ruins the scale realism

Panther F

Those appear to be "raised" lettering so a sanding drum could eliminate those easily. What I think is more annoying are the pour marks which are more easily seen and look sunken in.


- Jeff

AFV432

your right pantherf the "mato" is raised and a dremel should make light work of it
not so sure i fancy filling those pour marks though

hiramekisama

Any idea how much the Henglong king tiger will go for?  I hope it's not some outrageous first-release-first-dip-double-the-price fest.

Panther G

Yes Dan, those are the exact end connectors I have been whining about forever now. I dont believe the Jumbo used the all metal track but at this point i dont care. It really seems that MATO is LISTENING.

Panther G

Jeff , there hwere actually many more styles. The allies where in such demand for the duck bills they actually had local factories in the liberated areas manufacture them for the Sherman tanks.

Airbrushler

i will try to find out and get back to you on here

lposter

The HLKTis pretty cheap actually in Europe at least....

KING TIGER METAL EDITION + Gun action recoil + Battle system (IR) + Smoke and sound 489.95 EUR

HL KING TIGER + action recoil + infrared system(Battle unit)+ Smoke and sound unit 149.99 EUR

HL KING TIGER + BB shoot unit + Smoke and sound unit 139.99 EUR.

all from rctank.de

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Eggman1965

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Holy smokes!!! That KT is a major improvement, now if only they would record better engine and gun sounds.

hulu

which KT is a major improvement? 
if you mean HL KT, you will be disappointed for sure...

Panther F

That's where the Tamiya comes in and costs less doing it too.


- Jeff

Eggman1965

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You are quite right, I sort of missed the 490 EUR price point

DirtyBird69

I say.....hell with both of them..we got enough versions of any kind of Tiger or Sherman...rather see something different like maybe something British or Japanese..but I doubt that will ever happen...probably get  yet another new company to produce a 1/16 Tiger and Sherman lol. [:'(]

whiteknight1066

I'd be happy with more Sherman variants, myself.

Panther F

It's easier and cheaper to copy than engineer your own.


- Jeff